3d Modelling in the Registration and Restoration of a Megalithic Tomb

Abstract

ABSTRACT:This article aims at showing some potential applications of geomatics to works in which both excavation and restoration are carried out simultaneously, so that the three-dimensional layout of the monument undergoes continuous and important changes throughout the intervention. The article offers an overview of several works in geometric documentation and three-dimensional modelling carried out during the archaeological excavations and the restoration of a megalithic monument -dolmen Alto de la Huesera-from 2010 to 2014. The activities described here encompass a wide range of goals, including marking out the excavation grid, the geometric recording of the burials, the three-dimensional modelling of the slabs and the surrounding mound, the virtual visualization and check of possible reconstructions before undertaking actual rearrangements of the components on site as well as the classification and archive of the information so as to maintain the traceability of the tasks accomplished during this period.

The Photogrammetric Survey of the Phoenician and Punic Necropolis of Nora and Three-Dimensional Rendering Tools for Sharing Data

“…253-304, 369-381 in [2]; pp. 229-236, 243-246 in [3]); for a general overview on Geomatics and Digital Techniques applied to Cultural Heritage, see [1,2]; about photogrammetry used in some funerary or underground archaeological contexts, see [5][6][7][8][9]). This tendency reveals an intense joint between Cultural Heritage (especially in the archaeological field of research) and Geomatics (especially photogrammetry) that has been constantly consolidated, during the last decade, thanks to the exponential development of Digital Technologies (DT).…”